Stuttgart – Fires and water leakage not only pose a danger to life and limb, but also number among the most common types of damage in German households. When failing to detect these events early on, they can often lead to expensive damages. In Germany alone there are about 220,000 house fires each year. Many of these fires are caused by electricity and human error.1 More than half of all European households have suffered water damage.2 In many cases, the immense costs caused by water damage are not reimbursed to residents in full. External Dangers: In Germany, break-ins or attempted break-ins in apartments or houses were reported to be at about 75,000 cases in 2020 alone.3
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1Institut für Schadenverhütung und Schadenforschung 2020:
https://www.ifs-ev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/brandursachenstatistik_2020_seite.pdf und
https://www.feuerwehrverband.de/app/uploads/2022/01/Statistik.pdf
2Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. 2020:
https://www.gdv.de/de/medien/aktuell/schaeden-in-milliardenhoehe-durch-geplatzte-rohre-koeln-wieder-am-staerksten-betroffen--64240
3Bundeskriminalamt Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2020:
https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/555860/umfrage/polizeilich-erfasste-faelle-von-wohnungseinbruchdiebstahl-in-deutschland/
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The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 402,600 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2021). The company generated sales of 78.7 billion euros in 2021. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. With its more than 400 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral since the first quarter of 2020. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 128 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 76,100 associates in research and development, of which more than 38,000 are software engineers.
The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a corporation owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by the trust.
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